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Kleinman Center Showcases Penn Technologies at ARPA-E Summit
This weekend, the Kleinman Center and the Penn Center for Innovation ... and fellows, including Dr. Rahul Magharam. Dr. Mangharam is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering
Kleinman Center Team Takes 2nd in Columbia Energy Competition
industry judges and secured second place in the 11th Annual Columbia ... approach, including expertise in business, finance, policy and energy ... and technology integration. Students addressed key policy issues
Don’t Let Climate Denial Distract Us
well-established falsehoods muddies the waters of truth, and in doing so, creates paralyzing confusion and uncertainty within our society. By parading ... influence of misinformation and politicized narratives goes well beyond simply
Retreat? Not Just a Developing World Problem
,000-kilometer network of dikes combine with dams, levees, locks, sluices, and floodgates to prevent river flooding and storm surges from wiping out key economic and cultural hubs. The Dutch are, for good reason, revered as the
Climate Policy Won’t Work Without Considering Labor
shipping ports and warehousing districts in the nation. Labor’s place in and position on climate policy—like that of many other stakeholders—has evolved over time. News coverage and opponents of climate policy often like
History May Tell How Long Pruitt Will Last at EPA
era has come front and center. Pruitt may yet survive the tide of ... absurd, including recently revealed attempts to leverage his office and staff to land a Chick-fil-A job for his wife, house hunt and even buy a
New FERC Rule Grows Clean Energy’s Role in Grid Resilience
As variable renewable energy and energy storage resources continue to fuel an ongoing energy transition, regulators and grid operators are ... plants connecting to the transmission grid—except nuclear and combined heat
Let’s Talk Government Ownership of Unprofitable Nuclear Power Plants
? Saving nuclear (and coal) power assets in certain competitive markets ... -peak energy prices, and many assert it will be a windfall to nuclear, coal, and ... few distressed nuclear assets - and even operating them at a loss
Does Trump Help or Hurt Philly’s Struggling Neighborhood Refinery?
investors that were dragging down company financials, and brainstormed about ... PES Refining and Marketing corporate family rating from B1 to B3 ... to default), and downgraded ratings on certain loans from B1 to B3
Powering Our Future with Trash
, source reduction, and—the topic of this policy digest—waste-to-energy (WTE ... problems: waste destruction and energy demand (both of which will compound ... capacity (Research and Markets 2018; EIA 2017). Given WTE’s potential